[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32303-32304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15094]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 061395B]


Marine Mammals and Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application for a scientific research permit 
(P368F).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. James T. Harvey, has applied 
in due form for a permit to take the marine mammals listed below for 
the purpose of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 21, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West [[Page 32304]] Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289);
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, 
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001);
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
request, should be submitted to the Chief, Permits Division, F/PR1, 
Office of Protected Resources, Silver Spring, MD 20910, within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Barone, (301/713-2289).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Those individuals requesting a hearing 
should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this particular 
request would be appropriate.
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, the Secretary of Commerce is forwarding copies of this 
application to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of 
Scientific Advisors.
    The subject permit is requested under the authority of the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and 
the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals 
(50 CFR part 216).
    The applicant seeks authorization to instrument up to 150 harbor 
seals (Phoca vitulina) with radio tags, heart monitors, and time depth 
recorders annually. These animals will be subjects in a low frequency 
sound experiment. The applicant seeks authorization to take by 
inadvertent harassment up to 810 harbor porpoise annually incidental to 
the sound experiments and related activities.
    The work will be conducted over a 5-year period. During the course 
of the field work small numbers of other species may be inadvertently 
harassed by the low frequency sounds. The requested species under NMFS 
jurisdiction are California sea lions (Zalophus californianus), harbor 
porpoise (Phocoena  phocoena), and Pacific bottlenose dolphins 
(Tursiops truncatus).

    Dated: June 6, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-15094 Filed 6-20-95; 8:45 am]
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